Biblical scholar John M. Bracke, reflecting on this section of Jeremiah, notes how it clearly calls for the king/ruler/government to administer justice, and how Jeremiah “identifies the substance of justice to be the protection of the weaker members of society from oppression by those more powerful.”12 It is a concern throughout Jeremiah, a calling for everyone in the society, “rich and poor, common citizen or monarch alike” to seek equity and fairness for all, with that failure leading to what should now be familiar language from Jeremiah 5: Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
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